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Outside dining area at restaurant in one of Fire Island's communities.

Several communities on Fire Island provide lodging, dining and other services for visitors as well as island residents.
Fire Island Communities

There are 17 different communities on Fire Island within the boundaries the national seashore. When Fire Island National Seashore was established in 1964, its enabling legislation stated that these communities and preexisting commercial uses would be allowed to remain, as long as development was consistent with zoning ordinances established by the Secretary of the Interior. Some of the Fire Island communities consist of only a few homes while others have hundreds of homes, with restaurants, small grocery and retail stores, and other businesses. There is one elementary school on Fire Island. There are rental properties, summer homes, and year-round residences on the island. Several hundred people reside in the communities within the boundaries of Fire Island National Seashore during the winter months, while that number swells during the summer.

Ferry service is available to most communities. Some of the communities have their own web sites with tourism information. You may contact them directly for more information.

Fire Island Communities Community & Tourism Organizations
Kismet
  via Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
Fire Island Finder
Seabay Beach Fire Island Tourism Bureau
Saltaire
  via Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
Fire Island: New York Travel Guide
Fair Harbor
  via Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
Fire Island Chamber of Commerce
Dunewood
  via Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
Fire Island Association
Lonelyville Other Local Organizations
Atlantique
  via Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
AMC Fire Island Cabin
Robbins Rest Fire Island Ecology Coalition
Corneille Estates  
Ocean Beach Village
  via Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
 
Seaview
  via Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
 
Ocean Bay Park
  via Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
 
Point O'Woods  
Cherry Grove
  via Sayville Ferry Service
Cherry Grove Communinity Association
Fire Island Pines
  via Sayville Ferry Service
 
Water Island
  via Sayville Ferry Service
 
Davis Park
  via Davis Park Ferry Company
Seasonal water taxis provide service between communities

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